Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Wheatland Tube, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$86M
Total assets Below avg plan size
81
Participants Small participant base
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.1M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company · Sponsored by Wheatland Tube, LLC · Illinois · Manufacturing

$86M in assets, 81 participants

Wheatland Tube, LLC's Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company reported $86M in total assets and 81 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #14,983 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company sits by assets

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $86M for 81 participants (~$1.1M/participant), up 5.5% in 2024.

#14,983
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+5.5%
assets growth YoY
0.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company's outsized position by total assets

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$85,988,457 Top 11% higher than 89% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company is a small filing (81 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company reported net income rose from -$4M in the plan year 2023 filing to $4M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company reported participants fell from 87 in the plan year 2023 filing to 81 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company end-of-year assets rose from $81M in the plan year 2023 filing to $86M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 231327437 · Wheatland Tube, LLC PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company · $86M · 81 · 89th

  • EBSA $86M
  • EBSA 81
  • EBSA 89th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Shpp Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #14983

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Illinois →

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company in the asset neighbourhood

Outstate Michigan Trowel Trades Pension FundOutstate Michigan Trowel Tra…$86MLeague - Atpam Pension Fund$86MShpp Pension Plan$86MEmployees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube CompanyEmployees Pension Plan for S…$86MIBEW Local 7 Pension Fund$86M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$81M
Net Assets (End of Year)$86M
Net Income$4M
Employer EIN231327437
Plan Effective Date1955-12-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wheatland Tube, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Wheatland Tube, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$600M 11.329729746791639% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$520M$540M$560M$580M$600M$620M 202220232024 $539M $600M ▲ +11.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 2,969 $539M
2023 4 2,907 $572M
2024 4 3,197 $600M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company, Total assets ($B): 0.085988457 · Participants: 81Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube CompanyCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.22071058 · Participants: 36799Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 37.736369487 · Participants: 41619State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesGE Healthcare Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.74052931 · Participants: 5554GE Healthcare Pension PlanAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.591907247 · Participants: 17875Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement PlanUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.17675965 · Participants: 20984United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants
Compare Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company side-by-side with 3 peers →

Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Shpp Pension Plan in TX ($86M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan for Employees of Magnesita Refractories Company in PA (81 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($86M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (81 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company assets move in 2024? ▼
Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company grew at a solid clip - up 5.5% during 2024, from $81M to $86M. Reported net income was $4M.
How have Wheatland Tube, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Wheatland Tube, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 11.3%, from $539M to $600M.
Where does Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company ranks in the 89th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Shpp Pension Plan in TX ($86M, 419 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Employees Pension Plan for Sharon Tube Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pension Plan for Employees of Magnesita Refractories Company in PA (81 participants, $71M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 231327437.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.